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Yesterday, I mentioned that I had entered long on the EURCHF at 1.16172. The market initially went my direction hit a high of 1.6235 before retracing. I moved my stop up to entry and it got hit which was a bit unfortunate at the market shot up again and hit a short term high of 1.6278 which is over a 100 pip move. My initial target was 150 points though... anyway, a little disappointing but at least I didn't make a loss.
The chap from Forex Smarts where I pilfered his system recommended takin
May 28, 2008
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I thought I would post where the S&P ended up when I closed my trade early at 1382. I took 2 point when there was 8 for the taking!! Arrgh..
Anyway, it's good to look back on the charts and see where it went wrong. The obvious exit would be when the S&P crossed below the 80 line in the stochastics and the MACD crossed.. this would have been at about 1386 which would have been still, a lot further than where I got out!
May 27, 2008
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I went long at the break of the previous high in the S&P at around 1378... I actually got in at 1379.48 due to the spreadbetting spreads which you pay rather than their commission charges... they move their spreads about meaning that you can lose half a point (in S&P terms) per transaction... and upto a while point when doing a round trip.
Anyway, the market went up and I got out at 1381.53 (I actually closed when the chart reached 1382 which was my target exit) for the equivalent of
May 27, 2008
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